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Thursday, January 30, 2014

Personnel
from the Prince George’s County Office of the Fire Marshal have recently
arrested two individuals on separate and unrelated incidents.

On
January 18, 2014, a warrant was issued for 20-year-old David L. Reshenber of
New Carrollton. The warrant charged him
with making an Arson Threat. This is a
misdemeanor charge, punishable by up to 10 years in prison if found
guilty. The threat was made against the
McDonalds at 10531 Baltimore Avenue in Beltsville. Reshenber was arrested on January 29, 2014
and released pending a hearing.

These
charges are related to an auto fire that occurred on November 30, 2013, at
Creston Street and 50th Avenue in Bladensburg.
Brown was arrested on January 28 and released pending a hearing.

Prince
George's County Fire Chief Marc Bashoor stated, "Anyone who thinks they
can commit a crime of arson, or even threaten to commit arson and get away with
it in Prince George's County, is
wrong. We have a talented group of
Investigators that are relentless in pursuing individuals responsible for these
heinous crimes."

A townhouse fire in Laurel displaced 9 residents and injured
one firefighter.On Wednesday, January
29, just after 7:00 pm, firefighters from Laurel and surrounding communities
were alerted to a townhouse fire in the 400 block of Compton Avenue.Firefighters arrived to find heavy fire
coming from a 2-story, end of the row, triplex, townhouse.An interior attack on the fire and simultaneous
search of the structure commenced before conditions became untenable and all personnel
evacuated the structure.Using hand
lines and large master streams from ladder trucks the fire was brought under
control from the safety of exterior positions.Once safe to do so, firefighters re-entered the structure to complete extinguishment,
which required about 45 minutes to 1 hour.

Firefighters
from Howard, Montgomery and Anne Arundel Counties assisted firefighters from Laurel and throughout
northern Prince George’s County on this fire. A 2nd Alarm was sounded with most of those units staging nearby in the event they were needed.

There were a total of 9 residents displaced.An adult male from the townhouse of origin
and 6 adults and 2 children from the townhouse on the opposite end.The townhouse in the middle is vacant.All displaced residents were making their own
living arrangements.The County Citizen
Services Unit was on the scene assisting those displaced.

A Firefighter from Laurel Fire/EMS Station 810 received burn
injury to both ears while fighting the fire.He was treated and released from the Burn Unit at Medstar Washington
Hospital Center.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation and is
listed as “undetermined.”Fire loss is
estimated at $300,000 for contents and structure.

The attached images are from some of the
numerous images posted on social media. We thank the photographers for allowing us to post them.

LODD April 15, 2016

Fire Fighter/Medic Lieutenant John "Skillet" Ulmschneider

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